Double-doubles, Johnson key Charge win

The Charge improved their record to an East Division-leading 23-15. The Red Claws dropped to 21-19 and are three games behind Canton.

Times Reporter

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Posted Mar. 9, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Mar 9, 2013 at 9:05 AM

Posted Mar. 9, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Mar 9, 2013 at 9:05 AM

PORTLAND, MAINE

Dominique Johnson scored 15 points off the bench and Arinze Onuaki and Michael Eric each had double-doubles as the Canton Charge topped the Maine Red Claws 91-87 on Friday night.

The Charge improved their record to an East Division-leading 23-15. The Red Claws dropped to 21-19 and are three games behind Canton.

Onuaku finished with 12 points, 14 rebounds and two steals. Eric scored 12 points with 10 rebounds and three blocks in 19 minutes.

Kyle Weaver added 11 points, six rebounds, five assists and two steals in his first start since joining the Charge on Feb. 25.

The Red Claws were paced by DaJuan Summers’ 16 points, six rebounds and four assists. Fab Melo, on assignment from the Boston Celtics, had five points with six rebounds and seven blocks. In his first game with Maine since being traded from Canton, Josh Selby had 14 points, three rebounds and three assists.

The teams will meet again at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Portland Exposition Building.

Earlier in the day, the Charge acquired guard Brady Morningstar from the Tulsa 66ers in exchange for their fourth-round pick in the 2013 NBA Development League Draft.

Morningstar spent his first two years in the NBA

D-League with Tulsa. He averaged 4.3 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 13.9 minutes a game in 16 games this season.

The 27-year-old Morningstar was part of three Big 12 championship teams at the University of Kansas. He was named to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team after his senior year.